Restructuring Meta Ad System To Record ROAS for USA’s Top Plus-Size Retailer:
A Paid Marketing Case Study.

Any woman who loves and celebrates who she is in all her bold-sized glory knows Ashley Stewart. With a die-hard fan base and a long-standing legacy, Ashley Stewart had enough experience running social media campaigns. But, with new generation customers coming in and changing the social landscape, the brand saw its performance slipping. Of course, when the brand approached us to get its Meta campaigns in shape and deliver good ROAS- we took it up enthusiastically.

The Challenges

As social media evolved, Ashley Stewart’s ad account struggled to keep up—with inefficient structures, rising costs, and stagnant returns. When we audited the brand, we discovered:

Retargeting overload identified by BrandLoom in Ashley Stewart's Meta Ads campaign, leading to inefficiency

Overloaded Retargeting Campaigns

76% of the budget was allocated to retargeting, with some of them classified as prospective.

BrandLoom discovered skewed budget allocation in Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads, favoring retargeting over new customer acquisition

Skewed Budget Distribution

Only 24% went toward prospecting, limiting new customer acquisition and long-term growth.

Conversion tracking issues uncovered by BrandLoom, affecting Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads performance reporting

Tracking Gaps Post-Migration

A tech handover disrupted tracking and attribution, especially during February 2025.

Static customer segmentation limiting campaign personalization in Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads, as found by BrandLoom

Static Segmentation & Creatives

Audiences weren’t personalized, and creatives lacked diversity in format and messaging.

BrandLoom’s audit revealed untapped product categories in Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads, missing conversion opportunities

Untapped Product Opportunities

Key categories like bridal and seasonal collections were underutilized and lacked dedicated campaigns.

BrandLoom’s Meta Ads audit for Ashley Stewart revealed key performance gaps in retargeting, budget distribution, product segmentation, and tracking effectiveness
BrandLoom’s Meta Ads audit for Ashley Stewart revealed key performance gaps in retargeting, budget distribution, product segmentation, and tracking effectiveness
Retargeting overload identified by BrandLoom in Ashley Stewart's Meta Ads campaign, leading to inefficiency

Overloaded Retargeting Campaigns

76% of the budget was allocated to retargeting, with some of them classified as prospective.

BrandLoom discovered skewed budget allocation in Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads, favoring retargeting over new customer acquisition

Skewed Budget Distribution

Only 24% went toward prospecting, limiting new customer acquisition and long-term growth.

Conversion tracking issues uncovered by BrandLoom, affecting Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads performance reporting

Tracking Gaps Post-Migration

A tech handover disrupted tracking and attribution, especially during February 2025.

Static customer segmentation limiting campaign personalization in Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads, as found by BrandLoom

Static Segmentation & Creatives

Audiences weren’t personalized, and creatives lacked diversity in format and messaging.

BrandLoom’s audit revealed untapped product categories in Ashley Stewart’s Meta Ads, missing conversion opportunities

Untapped Product Opportunities

Key categories like bridal and seasonal collections were underutilized and lacked dedicated campaigns.

Understanding the Assignment

With a clear understanding of the pain points, we created a checklist with the aspects that we had to work on:

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Re-engineer the Ad Account

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Personalize Messaging

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Balance Efficiency with Expansion

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Layer Performance with AI Tools

Our Step-by-Step Strategy

We rebuilt the entire Meta ecosystem—from creative to campaign architecture— and leveraged Meta’s AI to execute it to perfection.

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Budget Rebalancing for Growth

Reduced retargeting spend from 76% to 45%, and increased prospecting budget to 55%.

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Tiered Lookalike Audiences

Deployed lookalikes using high-intent data for more conversions and customer acquisition.

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Competitor Conquesting

Targeted shoppers of competitors like Eloquii, Lane Bryant, and others, capturing pre-qualified intent.

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Advantage+ Campaigns

Let Meta AI optimize delivery and placements—maximizing returns at scale.

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Dynamic Creative Testing

Tested carousels, lifestyle videos, and seasonal promos to beat static
fatigue.

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Niche Category Campaigns

Launched standalone ads for categories like bridal and sweaters to drive high returns.

Discover how BrandLoom generated 26X ROAS and 1.3M impressions with Meta AI-powered retargeting

The Results

By merging clean architecture with Meta AI, we unified the fragmented system. And within six months, the results shone through.

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Robust ROAS

Our retargeting campaigns clocked in a great ROAS of 8.72, while our prospecting campaigns saw ROAS grow to 6.52.

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Successful Lookalike Campaigns

Tiered lookalike campaigns achieved up to 8.38 ROAS—maximizing reach and scale.

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Efficient Competitor Campaigns

Captured intent from competing brands while expanding awareness- and delivered 7.77.7

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Proved the value of niche targeting with laser-focused creatives.

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Happy Ending for Seasonal Campaigns with AI

Advantage+ formats and lifestyle assets drove higher engagement and lower cost per result.

Conclusion

With smart AI deployment, campaign planning, and restructuring their Meta ad ecosystem, Team BrandLoom was able to generate outstanding ROAS. The brand acquired new customers and reinforced their existing customer relationships- which powered them through new growth milestones.

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